Can you snorkel in Calanques de Marseille today?

Yes. The next good snorkeling window in Calanques de Marseille starts Mon 07:00 and lasts until 19:00. Around 61% of the next 72 hours are suitable.

What is the best time of day to snorkel in Calanques de Marseille?

Snorkel during daylight, ideally in the morning before the wind picks up, and around high slack tide when water is clearest and currents are weakest. SnorkelForecast scores every daylight hour in Calanques de Marseille so you can pick the calmest window.

What is the best tide for snorkeling?

High slack tide — within about an hour of the high-tide peak when currents are weakest — is the safest, clearest window. Strong low tides, strong tidal flow near channels or headlands, and large tidal-range days reduce score.

Calanques de Marseille Snorkel Report Today

France · Updated Sat 06:05 (CEST) · Source: Snapshot · Showing fallback/stale data

The skinny

Go in the best window Report Mon 08:19

Calanques de Marseille has a usable snorkeling window around Mon 09:00. The main thing to watch is tide/current.

Score: 7.6/10

Best time: Mon 09:00

Main risk: Tide/Current

Best morning signal: Mon 09:00 (Excellent).

Best afternoon signal: Mon 21:00 (Good). Peak afternoon wind is about 7.0 m/s.

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Sunrise

06:16

Sunset

21:12

Water

27.1°C

Max air

36.0°C

Sky

Clear

3% cloud

Good window is available today

Next safe window: Mon 07:00–19:00 (61% of next 72h are suitable)

3-day planner Best available Show data

3-day planner

Monday

✅ excellent conditions

Main blocker: Tide/current

Tuesday

✅ good conditions

Main blocker: Tide/current

Best available hours

Next safe window starts at Mon 07:00 until 19:00.

Why this verdict

Main blockers across the next 72 hours:

Tide/current (23 hours)
Darkness (9 hours)
Wind (6 hours)

Jellyfish drift risk

Drift estimate from wind, swell, current and warm water.

Low · 34/100

Low peak drift risk around Mon 11:00.

warm water supports seasonal jellyfish activity; surface drift/current is noticeable; local shoreline exposure is not mapped yet.

Sightings override the model: if you see small purple jellyfish with long trailing tentacles, treat them as sting-capable and give them space.

Nearby alternatives in France

Porquerolles

66 km away

✅ Good

Cap d'Antibes

141 km away

✅ Good

Corsica

306 km away

✅ Good

Advanced forecast data

Viewing historical data

Thu 06:00 – Sun 06:00 (CEST)

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Snorkel Score (selected 24h)

Best snorkel score is 0.72 around Thu 18:00; 15 of 24 hours are good, fair, or excellent.

Score trend, higher is better. Excellent ≥ 0.72, good 0.55–0.72, fair 0.35–0.55.

Conditions (24h trends)

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22/24 sampled hours stay at or below 0.36m (range 0.26m to 0.38m).

Wind is at or below 5.4m/s in 22/24 sampled hours (range 0.58 to 9.41m/s).

Tides range from -0.59m to -0.27m; 2 of 24 hours are in or near peak slack windows.

72-hour historical overview

Thu 06:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 07:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 08:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 09:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 10:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 11:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 12:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 13:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 14:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 15:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 16:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 17:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 18:00 good 🌟 Good

Thu 19:00 fair ⚠️ Fair

Thu 20:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 21:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 22:00 poor ❌ Limited

Thu 23:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 00:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 01:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 02:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 03:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 04:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 05:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 06:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 07:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 08:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 09:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 10:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 11:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 12:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 13:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 14:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 15:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 16:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 17:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 18:00 good 🌟 Good

Fri 19:00 excellent ✅ Excellent

Fri 20:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 21:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 22:00 poor ❌ Limited

Fri 23:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 00:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 01:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 02:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 03:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 04:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 05:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 06:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 07:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 08:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 09:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 10:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 11:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 12:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 13:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 14:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 15:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 16:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 17:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 18:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 19:00 good 🌟 Good

Sat 20:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 21:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 22:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sat 23:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 00:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 01:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 02:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 03:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 04:00 poor ❌ Limited

Sun 05:00 good 🌟 Good

Scoring methodology (for technical users)

We score each hour from 0 to 1 using daylight and these weighted components:

Wave height (35%): best below 0.36m, then decreases as it rises.
Wind speed (25%): best below 5.4m/s, lower is better.
Sea surface temperature (15%): best within 20.6°C to 30.4°C.
Tide and currents (15%): best around slack/high-tide windows.
Daylight (10%): visibility and safety gate (outside daylight scores lower).

Detailed hourly data table

Time	Wave (m)	Wind (m/s)	Sea temp (°C)	Status
Thu 06:00	0.36 · good	2.19 · good	27.30 · good	good
Thu 07:00	0.34 · good	1.77 · good	27.40 · good	good
Thu 08:00	0.34 · good	1.14 · good	27.50 · good	good
Thu 09:00	0.32 · good	2.11 · good	27.60 · good	good
Thu 10:00	0.32 · good	2.42 · good	27.70 · good	good
Thu 11:00	0.32 · good	2.62 · good	27.80 · good	good
Thu 12:00	0.32 · good	3.88 · good	27.80 · good	fair
Thu 13:00	0.30 · good	2.79 · good	27.90 · good	good
Thu 14:00	0.28 · good	7.16 · high	27.90 · good	fair
Thu 15:00	0.26 · good	3.04 · good	28.00 · good	good
Thu 16:00	0.28 · good	1.08 · good	28.00 · good	good
Thu 17:00	0.30 · good	1.33 · good	28.00 · good	good
Thu 18:00	0.32 · good	3.76 · good	28.00 · good	good
Thu 19:00	0.32 · good	9.41 · high	27.90 · good	fair
Thu 20:00	0.32 · good	3.77 · good	27.90 · good	poor
Thu 21:00	0.32 · good	2.27 · good	27.80 · good	poor
Thu 22:00	0.34 · good	0.85 · good	27.80 · good	poor
Thu 23:00	0.36 · good	2.56 · good	27.70 · good	poor
Fri 00:00	0.38 · high	2.60 · good	27.70 · good	poor
Fri 01:00	0.38 · high	2.66 · good	27.60 · good	poor
Fri 02:00	0.36 · good	3.00 · good	27.60 · good	poor
Fri 03:00	0.36 · good	3.62 · good	27.60 · good	poor
Fri 04:00	0.32 · good	1.54 · good	27.60 · good	poor
Fri 05:00	0.30 · good	0.58 · good	27.60 · good	good
Fri 06:00	0.26 · good	1.51 · good	27.60 · good	good
Fri 07:00	0.24 · good	1.70 · good	27.60 · good	good
Fri 08:00	0.24 · good	2.00 · good	27.70 · good	good
Fri 09:00	0.22 · good	3.10 · good	27.80 · good	good
Fri 10:00	0.22 · good	4.33 · good	27.90 · good	good
Fri 11:00	0.20 · good	4.65 · good	28.00 · good	good
Fri 12:00	0.20 · good	4.61 · good	28.10 · good	good
Fri 13:00	0.20 · good	4.40 · good	28.20 · good	good
Fri 14:00	0.20 · good	4.12 · good	28.30 · good	good
Fri 15:00	0.20 · good	4.12 · good	28.30 · good	good
Fri 16:00	0.22 · good	3.30 · good	28.40 · good	good
Fri 17:00	0.24 · good	2.66 · good	28.40 · good	good
Fri 18:00	0.26 · good	2.47 · good	28.40 · good	good
Fri 19:00	0.30 · good	1.30 · good	28.30 · good	excellent
Fri 20:00	0.32 · good	1.72 · good	28.30 · good	poor
Fri 21:00	0.36 · good	3.83 · good	28.20 · good	poor
Fri 22:00	0.40 · high	2.42 · good	28.10 · good	poor
Fri 23:00	0.44 · high	1.94 · good	28.00 · good	poor
Sat 00:00	0.48 · high	3.01 · good	27.90 · good	poor
Sat 01:00	0.52 · high	2.85 · good	27.80 · good	poor
Sat 02:00	0.56 · high	2.97 · good	27.70 · good	poor
Sat 03:00	0.60 · high	3.68 · good	27.70 · good	poor
Sat 04:00	0.62 · high	3.64 · good	27.60 · good	poor
Sat 05:00	0.62 · high	3.44 · good	27.60 · good	good
Sat 06:00	0.64 · high	3.91 · good	27.60 · good	good
Sat 07:00	0.44 · high	1.97 · good	27.70 · good	good
Sat 08:00	0.42 · high	2.30 · good	27.70 · good	good
Sat 09:00	0.42 · high	3.02 · good	27.80 · good	good
Sat 10:00	0.42 · high	3.86 · good	27.90 · good	good
Sat 11:00	0.42 · high	3.94 · good	27.90 · good	good
Sat 12:00	0.42 · high	3.88 · good	28.00 · good	good
Sat 13:00	0.44 · high	4.01 · good	28.00 · good	good
Sat 14:00	0.44 · high	4.55 · good	28.00 · good	good
Sat 15:00	0.46 · high	4.08 · good	28.00 · good	good
Sat 16:00	0.44 · high	4.02 · good	28.00 · good	good
Sat 17:00	0.44 · high	3.30 · good	28.00 · good	good
Sat 18:00	0.42 · high	3.10 · good	28.00 · good	good
Sat 19:00	0.40 · high	3.04 · good	27.90 · good	good
Sat 20:00	0.40 · high	3.69 · good	27.90 · good	poor
Sat 21:00	0.38 · high	3.19 · good	27.80 · good	poor
Sat 22:00	0.36 · good	3.52 · good	27.80 · good	poor
Sat 23:00	0.36 · good	3.05 · good	27.70 · good	poor
Sun 00:00	0.34 · good	3.76 · good	27.70 · good	poor
Sun 01:00	0.32 · good	3.93 · good	27.60 · good	poor
Sun 02:00	0.28 · good	2.81 · good	27.60 · good	poor
Sun 03:00	0.26 · good	1.04 · good	27.60 · good	poor
Sun 04:00	0.24 · good	2.79 · good	27.50 · good	poor
Sun 05:00	0.24 · good	2.72 · good	27.50 · good	good